Great Britain, May 6, 1840 First Issues Collectors Club of stamps and philatelic material

Roman States

Thursday, January 1, 1852.


Roman States Scott #1
Roman States Scott #1c on gray paper

Imperforate, colored hand-made paper, no watermark, typography.
Printed by Reverenda Tipografia Apostolica.

8 and 50 bajocchi and 1 scudo is on machine made paper only. Machine made paper was later used for all issues.

The design is printed in black, colors refer to the color of the paper
Description Date Paper Margins # printed Remainders Scott #
½ bajocco gray 1852 Handmade ½mm 3,130,000 48,563 1c
½ bajocco dull violet 1864 Machine made 1
1 bajocco gray green 1852 Handmade ½mm 6,870,000 55,536 2
1 bajocco blue green 1860 / 64 Both 2a
2 bajocchi yellow green 1852 Handmade ¾mm 8,910,000 133,258 3b
2 bajocchi greenish white 1867 Machine made 3
3 bajocchi brown 1852 Handmade ½mm 3,180,000 63,003 4,4a
3 bajocchi yellow brown 1863 Machine made 4b,4c,4d
4 bajocchi gray brown 1852 Handmade ½mm 2,025,000 22,887 5b,5c
4 bajocchi lemon 1864 Machine made 5,5a
5 bajocchi pale rose 1852 Handmade ¾mm 4,975,000 63,228 6a
5 bajocchi rose 1860 Machine made 6
6 bajocchi gray 1852 Handmade ¾mm 1,775,000 73,254 7,7a
6 bajocchi grayish lilac 1864 Machine made 7b
7 bajocchi blue 1852 Handmade ¾mm 950,000 1,234 8
8 bajocchi white 1852 Machine made 1¼mm 2,850,000 25,944 9
50 bajocchi dull blue 1852 Machine made ½mm 50,000 99 10
50 bajocchi deep blue 1864 Machine made 10,000 - 10a
1 scudo rose 1852 Machine made ½mm 50,000 24,355 11

All issue quantities are approximate.

Much more information is available in both Italian and English at Antichi Stati Italiani.

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